Chapter 395 123 Advances Again

The second round was a do-or-die battle for Sporting Lisbon, but the situation was not necessarily bad. Trapani was only one goal ahead away from home, and Sporting Lisbon could turn the disadvantaged situation around as long as they could score a goal away from home.

José Peseiro was more conservative away from home. In the first round, Toni was absent due to injury, so Vieri played as the main center forward and partnered with Klose. In the second round, Toni recovered from injury, and Deschamps immediately arranged his old teammate on the bench.

Toni and Klose partnered up in the front line, and Essien was also placed on the bench in the midfield. Mascherano partnered with Pizarro. Deschamps did this because Mascherano and Pizarro had a better understanding of each other, and Mascherano also had advantages. Staying with Guardiola, Miku, Pizarro and others, Mascherano also learned a lot, such as the ability and timing of passing the ball, and the ability to control the ball were better than Essien.

In the first round, Trapani's midfield failed to control the situation, and the lack of tacit understanding between Essien and Pizarro was one of the reasons.

The choices of both sides are still Ribery and Messi. Messi was very dazzling and famous in the World Youth Championship. Now Messi is less than 18 years old and has unlimited prospects. Deschamps also appreciates his talent very much and plans to let Messi play as a regular main player in the Serie A in the new season.

José Peseiro tends to be conservative, which just fulfills Deschamps's intention. Although Deschamps is a coach who values ​​the balance of offense and defense, and he is also a defensive midfielder who "carries water" as Cantona said, he is actually good at offensive training. Otherwise, how can he lead Monaco to play those wonderful and beautiful games that resound throughout Europe?

Trapani quickly took control of the initiative that was delivered to the door. Toni performed poorly in the league last season. Maybe José Peseiro paid far less attention to him than Vieri. Vieri performed very poorly in the first round, so Deschamps replaced him first at that time.

Peseiro may think that Toni is not as good as Vieri, so they were a little careless in defending Toni, and Toni soon made them pay the price. In the 7th minute, after Maicon and Messi cooperated on the wing, they crossed the ball, and Toni headed the ball. Under the pull of the opponent's players, he still headed a powerful header and helped Trapani break the deadlock.

Peseiro did not expect to lose the ball so soon, but there is no regret medicine to take on the court.

Toni seemed very excited after scoring. Today's goal was his first goal after his first start in the new season. He hoped that this goal could make a good start for this season, and he could have good luck and get rid of the haze of last season.

Hugo also stood up in the stands to applaud Toni. As the captain, Toni has paid a lot for Trapani. Hugo never thought of letting Toni leave. The reason why he did not introduce a strong striker was to reduce competition. Klose was the striker in his memory in the last life, and Toni was a brother who shared hardships in this life. He was reluctant to take anyone down.

Hugo, the boss, is also sentimental. The employees of Trapani Club have absolute say. Hugo has never treated everyone unfairly. He always gives gifts and dinners to everyone during festivals. Hugo always emphasizes that we should pay attention to the humanistic values ​​of Trapani and make everyone a family.

Except for his strange temper, the employees have a high opinion of Hugo.

Deschamps' change to Trapani is mainly in the rhythm change of offense and defense. He does not advocate endless and efficient forward movement throughout the game. He does not like to play positional warfare. He prefers to use the change of rhythm on the field to create killing opportunities for the opponent from the change.

For now, Deschamps is actually very satisfied with Trapani's forward line. In positional warfare, Toni's height and confrontation ability are very good. Toni is a real battering ram.

Klose has speed, excellent running ability and finishing ability in front of the goal. He can be used in fast attacks. Once the opponent gives him a certain space, as long as his teammates pass the ball well, Klose will be in place.

Toni attracts defense and pulls the opponent's defense line, while Klose can get relative space. Toni grabs points. Klose now has some skills of a second striker, and his passing level is also increasing day by day. Although there is a gap with those top-level second strikers, such as Totti, it is actually enough for Trapani.

Toni is tall and strong, with excellent header ability, and Klose is known as the header king, but Deschamps knows that the two actually have very good complementarity, and they are the real first choice on the front line.

Based on the characteristics of these two people, Deschamps is not afraid of fighting positional battles, let alone counterattacks. The two wingers Ribery and Messi are really not decorations. They can form the main counterattack points with Klose, and even Toni can play a role in the containment.

Therefore, Trapani's frontcourt attack mode is diverse. What Deschamps needs to do is to attack meticulously and make the players' running positions reasonable.

José Peseiro wanted his players to press forward, Deschamps responded tit for tat, and the defensive position in the midfield was advanced. With Mascherano by his side today, Pizarro's organization and control of the ball was much better. It was a bit difficult for Sporting Lisbon to gain the upper hand in the midfield like in the last game. Moreover, Trapani's main attack point was on the wing, and Ribery and Messi had more confidence in taking the ball than in the last round.

In addition, Maicon and Jankulovski made large insertions, and Sporting Lisbon fell into a difficult battle. The defense was a bit embarrassing. They often played high balls. This method was simple and the effect was not obvious.

At the end of the first half, young player Messi cut inside Sporting Lisbon and dribbled past three defenders of the opponent. He shot from the right side of the penalty area and scored, helping Trapani change the score to 2:0.

The situation was even more unfavorable for Sporting Lisbon.

After the halftime break, the two sides changed sides and more than ten minutes later, Deschamps replaced Messi with Maggio. After all, Messi was less than 18 years old. Deschamps' substitution was for the purpose of protection. In the second half, Sporting Lisbon's defensive actions were much bigger. In order to stop Trapani's offensive rhythm, they really had to fight hard.

And Deschamps also obviously reduced the intensity of the attack in the second half and retreated. The situation on Sporting Lisbon's side improved a little, and some good shooting opportunities began to appear. In the 70th minute, Deschamps simply replaced Pizarro with Essien. This substitution was to further strengthen the hardness of the midfield.

Then, Li Tie was used to replace Toni, the hero of the goal, and the formation was adjusted to 433. This is a relatively conservative tactic. For Deschamps, the victory of this game is already determined. The first round of the league will be in a few days. He must consider it in advance. Toni's first game after recovery from injury, Deschamps must consider the physical problem.

Deschamps' substitutions are very targeted, and the offense has been weakened a little, but Trapani's strength is sufficient in defense. There are three defensive midfielders in the midfield. Jankulovski and Maicon are completely inclined to defense. It's not that Deschamps is a coach who advocates defense, but he feels that there is really no need to fight with Lisbon in the current situation.

After all, Deschamps is a general who has been under Lippi. He reached the peak of his career in Serie A. How can you say that he doesn't know how to defend? Sporting Lisbon seems to have a good initiative, but it is difficult to operate the ball into Trapani's penalty area.

The game time passed quickly for 90 minutes. Trapani fans could not wait to stand up from their seats, cheering for the team and putting pressure on Sporting Lisbon. With Sporting Lisbon's aimless long shot, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Trapani defeated the opponent at home again and qualified for the group stage.

Dagenia congratulated Hugo very gracefully, with a bitter mouth. Hugo did not say much, but patted Dagenia on the shoulder to comfort him.

Quaresma was missing from yesterday's roster. Sorry, he will still be on the first-team roster.